Life Magazine – June 4, 1914 (# 1649) – Feminist Number

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Cover : Very worried looking sailor being accosted by two pretty ladies at the same time, “Overpowering the guard,” art by Charles Mark Relyea.  This is WONDERFUL cover art!

– FEMINIST NUMBER : a fat issue with much on the feminist movement.
– Full page COLOR ads for Gordon Gin (with Gin Daisy drink in pink), Colgate’s talc powder (with nice art by Ruth Eastman).
– Full page ads for Willys-Overland company, Fisk Rubber company tires (with excellent art of man and grandma in a car, not signed but same artist as in 5-7-14), Remington Typewriter, Federal rugged tread tires, Eastern Kodak (vest pocket Kodak), Kelly-springfield tires.
– Nice half page Egyptian Deities cigarettes ad with art by Frank Livingston Fithian of couple on beach with dog, greyhound?
– Winning essays from Life’s Feminist Contest.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Orson Lowell (two pages : Summer fashions for women), F. T. Richards (May), Laura Elizabeth Foster (Mother of old, be with us yet).
– Two page centerspread art by A. D. Blashfield (Jonah).
– Some current events include : Welcome back to Colonel Roosevelt (several stone lighter after an illness), Pacification of Mexico, Los Cientificos, Villa and Huerta, Mr. Mellen of the New Haven road, Amending the Anti-Trust law.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1914 content – fun!